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Tag Archives: hiring out of slaves
9 March 1865: “if I do not succeed will pursue my journey home the best way I can”
Item Description: Letter dated 9 March 1865 to Archibald Henderson from his servant (or slave) Henderson. It seems that Anderson was a slave belonging to Archibald Henderson who was hired out to a Mr. Wilkins in Wilmington. Item Citation: Folder … Continue reading
26 August 1864: “To hire of negro person”
Item Description: Receipt from the C.S.A. dated 26 August 1864. Item Citation: Folder 9, Confederate Papers, #172, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: [Form 19.] The Confederate States, To F.C. Lowman 1864 … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederate Army, Confederate Papers, hiring out of slaves
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6 January 1864: “Cousin Mary says, don’t you think she could hire Derry in Wilmington?”
Item description: Letter, dated 6 January 1864, from Catherine “Cattie” Kennedy to her stepmother, Catherine DeRosset Kennedy. She discusses slaves belonging to the family, and circumstances of hiring them out. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 60 in … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Catherine Kennedy DeRosset, Charlotte (NC), Columbia (S.C.), DeRosset family, hiring out of slaves, slaves, Wilmington (NC)
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15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 December 1863, from Eliza Ann DeRosset to her sister (believed to be her sister Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis of Hillsborough, N.C.). The letter discusses supplies needed by various members of the family, particularly clothing. DeRosset also … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged clothes, clothing, DeRosset family, Eliza Ann DeRosset, food, hiring out of slaves, homespun, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis, North Carolina, Osmyn, slavery, slaves, supplies, winter
Comments Off on 15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
27 November 1863: “We have enough from the hire of hands to live comfortably upon & surely never did people meet kinder friends than we have done.”
Item description: Letter, dated 27 November 1863, from Frances Devereux Polk at Asheville, N.C., to Harriett [last name unknown], in which there is a description of family events of the previous year, including their removal to Asheville. Item citation: From folder 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Asheville, Enterprise, family, Frances Devereux Polk, hiring out of slaves, Mississippi, North Carolina, Polk family
Comments Off on 27 November 1863: “We have enough from the hire of hands to live comfortably upon & surely never did people meet kinder friends than we have done.”
15 February 1863: “If you were hear with your boyes you would have no trouble to get shut of them”
Item Description: A letter, 15 February 1863, from Charles Atwood to William Pettigrew at Haywood, N.C. Atwood sought information about the pending arrival of Dick, a slave he apparently agreed to hire out from Pettigrew. His letter also suggests that … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Atwood, hiring out of slaves, William Pettigrew, Winston (N.C.)
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3 February 1863, “I very much fear that famine will be among the trials that avail our people…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 3 February 1863, from Jane Gibert Pettigrew North (abbreviated JGN) to her brother, James L. Pettigrew. She is writing from Badwell, a family plantation in South Carolina, to James while is is practicing law in Charleston. … Continue reading
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Tagged Badwell Plantation, Charles Lockhart Pettigru, Charleston, corn, famine, hiring out of slaves, James L. Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, Jane Petigru North, Mary "Minnie" Charlotte North Allston, North Carolina, South Carolina
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27 January 1863: “…he heard that there was 100 negroes to hire out in Winston…””
Item description: Letter, 27 January 1863 from Emanuel Fisher to a member of the Pettigrew family, presumably Charles Lockhart Pettigrew, reporting on the condition of the slaves hired out by the addressee through Mr. Fisher for work in the Winston, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Lockhart Pettigru, childbirth, food, High Point, hiring out of slaves, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, slaves, Winston
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20 January 1863: “400 lbs cotton – For the hire of Milly & Rose the present year we or either of us promise to deliver”
Item description: Contract, signed 20 January 1863, for the hire of two slaves, Milly and Rose, entered into by L.J. Ellinor and William Ellinor. Item citation: From folder 40 in the William Francis Martin Papers, #493, Southern Historical Collection, The … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, Enfield, hiring out of slaves, L.J. Ellinor, Milly, North Carolina, Rose, slavery, slaves, William Ellinor
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19 January 1863: “Jack and family I left at Mocksville Venus was not in a condition to be moved…”
Item description: Letter, 19 January 1863, from John A. Campbell to William S. Pettigrew. The letter details Campbell’s attempts to move and hire out Pettigrew’s slaves in and around Winston, North Carolina. Item Citation: From folder 261 of the Pettigrew … Continue reading
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Tagged hiring out of slaves, John A. Campbell, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, slavery, William S. Pettigrew, Winston
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